Chicago Public Schools’ (CPS) new funding formula has reportedly impacted the district’s most selective and competitive schools. CPS officials in March voted on an "equity-based" formula that ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For months, students attending some of the city’s most selective schools have traversed Chicago, taking buses, trains and carpools ...

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Next month, thousands of students and their families will find out whether they have been offered a place in Year 7 at a selective high school in New South Wales. Selective schools dominate the top ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – The Chicago Board of Education took a key vote on Thursday that could alter the future of schools in the city. The resolution moves away from school choice in favor of "elevating" ...

Chicago’s school board recently voted to prioritize neighborhood schools and de-emphasize selective enrollment schools, but board members are not ending school choice. Reset dives into the history of ...

If you are a Chicago parent, you are probably familiar with the concept of “selective enrollment” high schools and their highly competitive admissions process. In recent months, debate over these ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago's Teachers Union and Mayor Brandon Johnson are at odds with state lawmakers over a bill introduced to protect selective enrollment schools until a fully elected school ...

Joe Gondolfi, a high school teacher for Chicago Public Schools, said he’s long been puzzled by the students and parents who seem obsessed with selective enrollment high schools. These public schools ...